EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Clarkson builds magnificent Cotswolds mansion complete with basement cinema and 'party barn' for his celebrity mates to replace cottage he BLEW UP on The Grand Tour

  • Jeremy Clarkson is planning to build a six bedroom, three story stone mansion in the Cotswolds
  • Star wants to completely rebuild property with a basement cinema, games room and space for five cars
  • TV host, worth £30m, also wants to build a 'party barn' for his celebrity friends in Chipping Norton
  • He is replacing the cottage that he blew up in 2016 on his TV show The Grand Tour
  • Some neighbours were furious that he reduced the property to rubble with the blast  
Jeremy Clarkson is building a six-bedroom, three-story Cotswolds mansion to replace the cottage he blew up on The Grand Tour TV series.
He wants to completely rebuild the property with a basement cinema, games room, room for five cars and a special garage for his quad bikes.
The TV host obtained planning permission to bulldoze the five-bedroom cottage he bought for £4.25million in 2012 - but the permission has lapsed twice.
The 57-year-old presenter, said to be worth £30million, enraged his neighbours in upmarket Chipping Norton by reducing the pretty five-bedroom cottage to rubble for his Amazon Prime car show.
These are the plans for the six-bedroom three-story Cotswolds mansion being built by Jeremy Clarkson to replace the cottage the millionaire TV host blew up on The Grand Tour TV series
These are the plans for the six-bedroom three-story Cotswolds mansion being built by Jeremy Clarkson to replace the cottage the millionaire TV host blew up on The Grand Tour TV series
Clarkson reduced this five-bedroom cottage (pictured) to rubble on the TV show in 2016, having acquired planning permission for a sprawling new property to replace it
Clarkson reduced this five-bedroom cottage (pictured) to rubble on the TV show in 2016, having acquired planning permission for a sprawling new property to replace it
Nothing has changed on the site (pictured) - a farm renamed 'Diddly Squat Farm' since the original property was destroyed in the blast, which irritated some of the star's neighbours
Nothing has changed on the site (pictured) - a farm renamed 'Diddly Squat Farm' since the original property was destroyed in the blast, which irritated some of the star's neighbours
Clarkson, pictured with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan at The Victoria and Albert Museum Summer Party in June, now looks like he is finally going to start building his dream home
Clarkson, pictured with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan at The Victoria and Albert Museum Summer Party in June, now looks like he is finally going to start building his dream home
Now it looks like he is finally going to get to work on his dream home, which is just down the road from his long-time friend David Cameron who has a home in the village of Dean
As well as a walled garden, an orangery, a yard for horses and five bathrooms, Clarkson has got permission to create a 'sensational party barn' for all his showbiz friends, including fellow presenters Richard Hammond and James May and Cotswolds neighbours such as Kate Moss, Lily Allen, Hugh Grant and the Beckhams.
Clarkson (pictured) purchased the 312-acre Curdle Hill Farm, in Chadlington, Chipping Norton, for £4.25million in 2012
Clarkson (pictured) purchased the 312-acre Curdle Hill Farm, in Chadlington, Chipping Norton, for £4.25million in 2012
The presenter is tweaking the original plans to include fancy columns at the front and back of the house, moving the accommodation around and changing the shape of the roof, according to paperwork submitted to West Oxfordshire District Council.
Clarkson purchased the 312-acre Curdle Hill Farm, in Chadlington, Chipping Norton, when it already had planning permission from the previous owner to build a new dwelling.
He promptly changed its name to 'Didley Squat Farm' - but the star let that planning permission expire.
In July 2013, he reapplied to the council, keeping to the last owner's plans, and it was granted five months later.
But yet again, nothing happened and the planning permission expired. He sat on the property and was said to have rented it out to various tenants.
Then in May 2016, he submitted new plans for the estate, which were validated by the council that July, before he sent an email round to local residents explaining his intention to blow up the old house rather than call in the builders 'like any normal person would do.'
A 44-year-old neighbour claimed it was 'typical Clarkson' saying at the time: 'Apparently they sent some of the villagers, who were around half a mile from It, letters telling them something was going to happen.
'It's just typical Clarkson isn't it. Any normal person would get in people to take it apart conventionally, but he blows it up. He blew up the entire house. All that's left is a huge pile of Costwold stone.'
An overview of Clarkson's proposed new property shows a lawn, a paved terrace, a quarry garden, a walled garden and an outline of the new farmhouse with a barn, yard and garage
Ground floor plans (pictured) to the new, six-bedroom home show Clarkson wants to build a good sized kitchen, dining room, sitting room and an orangery as well as an office
Ground floor plans (pictured) to the new, six-bedroom home show Clarkson wants to build a good sized kitchen, dining room, sitting room and an orangery as well as an office
Clarkson purchased the 312-acre Curdle Hill Farm, in Chadlington, Chipping Norton, (pictured) when it already had planning permission from the previous owner to build a new dwelling
Clarkson purchased the 312-acre Curdle Hill Farm, in Chadlington, Chipping Norton, (pictured) when it already had planning permission from the previous owner to build a new dwelling
Soon after buying the site (pictured), Clarkson promptly changed its name to 'Didley Squat Farm' - but the star let that planning permission expire. In July 2013, he reapplied to the council, keeping to the last owner's plans, and it was granted five months later
Soon after buying the site (pictured), Clarkson promptly changed its name to 'Didley Squat Farm' - but the star let that planning permission expire. In July 2013, he reapplied to the council, keeping to the last owner's plans, and it was granted five months later
Then in May 2016, Clarkson submitted new plans for the estate (pictured), which were validated by the council that July, before he sent an email  to  residents explaining his intention to blow up the old house rather than call in the builders 'like any normal person would do.'
Then in May 2016, Clarkson submitted new plans for the estate (pictured), which were validated by the council that July, before he sent an email to residents explaining his intention to blow up the old house rather than call in the builders 'like any normal person would do.'
The 57-year-old TV host, said to be worth £30m, enraged his neighbours in upmarket Chipping Norton by reducing the pretty five-bedroom cottage to rubble for his Amazon Prime car show
The 57-year-old TV host, said to be worth £30m, enraged his neighbours in upmarket Chipping Norton by reducing the pretty five-bedroom cottage to rubble for his Amazon Prime car show
Mr Clarkson has previously said that he had bought a farm in Chipping Norton and planned to whiz around on quad bikes with his children.
'There are many sensible reasons for this,' he wrote. 'Land is a better investment than any bank can offer. The Government doesn't get any of my money when I die. And the price of the food that I grow can only go up. But there is another, much more important reason: I can now have a quad bike.
'I have always loved the idea. They are like motorbikes but they don't fall over when you leave them alone, they look great and they bring a bit of civilisation to Britain's rather dreary green and brown bits,' he said.An overview of Clarkson's proposed new property shows a lawn, a paved terrace, a quarry garden, a walled garden and an outline of the new farmhouse with a barn, yard and garage

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